きょう
興
み
味
ほん
本
い
位

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, takes genitive case の

Messages.yoji.
  1. (just) out of curiosity, (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity, aimed chiefly at amusing, sensational (e.g. magazine).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
きょう
興
み
味
ほん
本
い
位
 興味本位 きょうみほんい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

entertain, revive, retrieve
キョウ　コウ　おこ.る (5th, N1)
clasping hands
left hand
snout, hand
same, agree, equal
ドウ　おな.じ (2nd, N4)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
delicious(旨) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
flavor, taste
ミ　あじ (3rd, N4)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
un-, not yet, hitherto
ミ　いま.だ　ビ (4th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
book, present, main
ホン　もと　まと (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
rank, grade, throne
イ　くらい　ぞき (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)